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DOGE lists $314.7K in claimed savings from Department of Transportation contract cut
DOGE's public savings API listed a Department of Transportation contract record for BASIC SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH: THEORY-BASED MESSAGES INVOLVING DISTRACTED DRIVING as deleted on 2025-08-22, with $$314,668 in claimed savings on a $$525,413 total value. The record names the vendor as TOXCEL LLC and lists the PIID as 693JJ923F000297. Principle stores this as an official DOGE claim until FPDS, USAspending, agency records, or watchdog findings independently verify the savings.